Combined dipper and funnel



(No Model.)

S. E. POWELL, Jr. COMBINED DIEPER AND FUNNEL.

Patented Mar. 30, 1897.`

sETH E. POWELL, JR., or NEWEURG, NEW YORK.

COMBINED DIPPER AND FUNNEL'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,895, dated March 30, 1897.

Application led. November 6, 1896. Serial No. 611,268.' (No model.)

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Be it known that I, SETH E. POWELL, Jr. ,'a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Newburg, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Combined Dipper and Funnel, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combination dipper and funnel which can be used to transfer liquids from large vessels to small ones, such as from milk-cans to bottles, and forkindred purposes without the use of au extra funnel.

The invention consists especially7 in a certain arrangement of valve and the mechanism for operating the same.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar parts throughout both views.

Figure l represents a central vertical section along the line l l of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 2 represents a section along the line 2 2 of Fig. l and looking in the direction of the arrows.

A represents the cup or basin of the dipper, which is provided with the bottom open- 'ing a, which opening is provided with the valve-seat a. B is provided.

D represents the handle, which is preferably made of tin of the ordinaryconstruction and soldered or otherwise secured to the cup or basin of the dipper. preferably provided with a plurality of guideloops CZ, through which the valve-operating rod E passes. The valve-operating rod E is soldered or otherwise secured to the handle D, as at do, while the free end passes downward and engages the short arms f of the valve F, which valve is preferably pivoted on the rod Gr between the stanchions, the said valve being bent, as at f, to engage beneath the rod G. The valve F is preferably provided with a facing fo, so as to make a tight joint when the valve rests on its seat, where it will remain by its own weight under normal conditions.

Beneath the opening a spout This handle D is- The operating-rod E is bent somewhat and resilient, so that when in its normal position, as indicated in the dotted lines in Fig. 1, it

will be drawn up clear of the short arm fv of 5o the valve F; but by simply pressing this rod E toward the handle D to the position shown in Fig. l, which result could be readily effected by pressing on the same with the thumb or one of the fingers of the hand holding the handle D, the lower end of this valve-operating rod is pressed `down on the arm f of the valve, lifting the valve, as indicated in Fig. l.

It will thus be seen that an exceedingly 6o cheap, simple, and easily-operated device is obtained, whereby the valve may be allowed j to drop on its seat or may be raised when desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. In a device of the character described, the combination with a perforated dipper or basin, a pivoted valve normally closing the 7o same and provided with an arm projecting beyond the pivot, a handle projecting upward from said basin, and a bent rod made of resilient material running alongside the handle and normally just out of engagement with basin, with an opening in the bottom thereof 8o and having a funnel beneath said opening, a pivoted valve normally closing the same and provided with an arm projecting beyond the pivot, a handle projecting upward from said basin, and a bent rod made of resilient material running alongside the handle and normally just out of engagement with the short arm of said valve, substantiallyas described.

SETI'I E. POVELL, JR.

lVitnesses:

HENRY KOHL, G. W. MAY. 

